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women physics professors

As part of a plan to increase the recognition of women in senior positions in the Australian Physics community, we have compiled this list of current women professors in Australian universities and scientific institutions. It has been compiled from publicly available information.

Please contact us at aip@aip.org.au  with any omissions or corrections.

(Last Updated 10 June 2026)

Full name PhD year Current Institution Research area
Elizabeth Angstmann 2007 University of New South Wales Physics Education
Elisabetta Barberio 1993 University of Melbourne High Energy Physics
Amanda Barnard TBC Australian National University AI & Materials Physics
Nicole Bell 2001 University of Melbourne Particle Physics
Marcela Bilek 1997 University of Sydney Plasma Physics
Celine Boehm 2001 University of Sydney Astroparticle Physics
Jodie Bradby 2003 Australian National University Materials Physics
Jean Brodie TBC Swinburne University Astrophysics
Sarah Brough 2004 University of New South Wales Astrophysics
Julia Bryant 2001 University of Sydney Astrophysics
Barbara Catinella 2005 University of Western Australia Astrophysics
Christine Charles TBC Australian National University Plasma Physics
Susan Coppersmith 1983 University of New South Wales Condensed Matter Physics
Celine d'Orgueville 1998 CSIRO Astrophysics
Mahananda Dasgupta 1992 Australian National University Nuclear Physics
Tamara Davis 2004 University of Queensland Astrophysics
Judith Dawes 1988 Macquarie University Photonics
Orsola de Marco 1997 Macquarie University Astrophysics
Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem TBC Adelaide University
Joanne Etheridge 1993 Monash University Materials Physics
Tamar Greaves 2004 RMIT University Condensed Matter Physics
Anne Green 1973 University of Sydney Astrophysics
Susanna Guatelli 2006 University of Wollongong Medical Physics
Lisa Harvey-Smith 2005 University of New South Wales Astrophysics
Annette Haworth 2005 University of Sydney Medical Physics
Anita Ho-Baillie 2005 University of Sydney Materials Physics
Melanie Johnston-Hollitt 2003 Curtin University Astrophysics
Li Ju 1996 University of Western Australia Gravitational Wave Physics
Irina Kabakova 2012 University of Technology Sydney Optics, integrated photonics and optical imaging
Deb Kane 1984 Macquarie University Materials Physics, Optics & Photonics
Amanda Karakas 2004 Monash University Astrophysics
Allison Kealy 1996 Swinburne University Geodesy
Virginia Kilborn 2001 Swinburne University Astrophysics
Zdenka Kuncic 1996 University of Sydney Interdisciplinary
Claudia Lagos 2012 University of Western Australia Astrophysics
Maryanne Large 1994 University of Sydney Optics & Photonics
Jennifer MacLeod 2006 Queensland University of Technology 2D materials
Sarah Maddison 1998 University of New South Wales Astrophysics
Arunima Malik 2016 University of Sydney Interdisciplinary (Sustainability)
Naomi McClure-Griffiths 2001 Australian National University Astrophysics
Katarina Miljkovic 2010 Curtin University Planetary impacts
Meghan S. Miller 2006 Australian National University Geophysics
Tanya Monro 1998 Adelaide University Optics & Photonics
Anna Moore 2000 Australian National University Astrophysics
Tara Murphy 2004 University of Sydney Astrophysics
Melissa Ness 2013 Australian National University Astrophysics
Elena Ostrovskaya 1999 Australian National University Optics & Quantum materials
Maria Parappilly 2006 Flinders University Particle Physics/Education
Meera Parish 2005 Monash University Quantum Condensed Matter Physics
Helen Pask 2006 Macquarie University Optics & Photonics
Anya Reading 1997 University of Tasmania Geophysics, Computational Physics
Margaret Reid 1984 Swinburne University Quantum Physics
Ann Roberts 1989 University of Melbourne Optics & Photonics
Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop 1978 University of Queensland Optics and Quantum Physics
Kirrily Rule 2004 University of Wollongong Neutron science & magnetism
Emma Ryan-Weber 2004 Swinburne University Astrophysics
Elaine Sadler 1983 University of Sydney Astrophysics
Susan Scott 1991 Australian National University Theoretical Physics
Manjula Sharma 1999 University of Sydney Physics Education
Baohua Sia TBC RMIT University
Michelle Simmons 1992 University of New South Wales Quantum Physics
Michelle Spencer TBC RMIT University
Catherine Stampfl 1990 University of Sydney Condensed Matter Physics
Cathryn Trott 2005 Curtin University Astrophysics
Joan Vaccaro 1990 Griffith University Quantum Physics
Jingbo Wang TBC University of Western Australia Quantum Physics
Rachel Webster 1985 University of Melbourne Astrophysics
Linqing Wen TBC University of Western Australia Gravitational Wave Physics
Yvonne Wong 2001 University of New South Wales Particle Physics
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